bow Archives

Reason Studios Friktion: Modeled strings for bowing and plucking in Reason

25 Aug 2020 in Synths

Reason Studios has a new physical modelling synthesizer called Friktion which will bring some wonderfully authentic string sounds to Reason by bow, pluck, vibrato and resonating bodies.

Softube Modular Mutable Instruments Rings

Softube Modular gets slapped and excited with Mutable Instruments Rings

06 Feb 2019 in Synths

Softube Modular acquires another official Mutable Instruments module. Rings is a popular physical modelling Eurorack module that's helped define the sound of Eurorack over the past 3 years.

NAMM 2019: Arché – physically modelled strings for authentic expressive control

18 Jan 2019 in Synths

Expressive E the makers of the weirdly wonderful Touché wobbly MIDI/CV controller has introduced Arché, a suite of virtual instruments that model the acoustic qualities of three stringed instruments.

String Studio VS-3 adds new dimensions to unique string oscillators

06 Dec 2018 in Synths

Applied Acoustics Systems double the voices and expand the possibilties of their string oscillator based physically modelled synthesizer with String Studio VS-3

PA3 Derailer: metal bars and springs colide in physical modelling virtual synth

04 Apr 2018 in Synths

Derailer uses finite-difference time-domain numerical modelling to bring together metal bars to strike or bow and springs to carry sympathetic vibrations between them in deliciously haunting ways.